MUSC 373 Journal 15

This week in music we continued to work on our final projects. Having optional submission dates is very helpful because it kept me on track for the upcoming final submission date. On Wednesday we took a trip outside and learned a new song that correlated withthe passing of the egg shakers. This was a good way for children to really get involved in the song.

Overall, I have learned a lot of great ways to incorporate learning about Sweden into creative, fun lesson plans.

MUSC 373 Journal 13

This week in music we got to watch other group’s multicultural presentations and also present our own. Our group presented our lesson plan on the grouchy ladybug.

It was really interesting watching everyone’s presentation. I got to see some new great ideas and read some awesome books!

It is very important to incorporate music into student’s curriculum because it allows them to be creative and interact in the lesson. When making this group project and it was great to see how all the pieces came together. We were able to incorporate the importance of friendship, how to tell time, the names of different animals, and the use of musical instruments. Once music is incorporated into a lesson, the options of teaching students new skills are endless!

MUSC 373 Journal 12

For our group project we were assigned social skills. We found the book “The Grouchy Ladybug” by Eric Carle. This book is about a Grouchy Ladybug and how he goes through the day trying to pick fights with other insects/animals but always decides that they aren’t big enough to fight. He keeps flying on and then finally ends up back on the same leaf with the Friendly Ladybug and he shares dinner with him. This book incorporates the importance of social skills along with reading time, counting, and more.

To accomplish creating a lesson plan, we met as a group and went through each section of the lesson plan and collaborated. Next, we assigned each group member a task: Ellen- Typing up story and picking animals and bolding them I the story. Michelle- Typing up the lesson plan that the group made. Tiffany- Picking an existing song and creating lyrics that go with the book. Peter- Creating a big clock that students can change the time on.

The most exciting part of the process was seeing the finished project and how everything came together!

Children can benefit from this story/activity/lesson plan because they can learn the importance of being nice and a good friend even if someone is having a bad day, they can learn to read time, counting, and more! Also they can learn to incorporate instruments into the story and associate them with characters. (If the students are more advanced they can learn the value of different notes and how to play the right beats etc.)